Aero wrote on Mar 25, 2015, 20:35:Using it as a rental service seems like an odd thing to do given you could just pirate games outright for about the same amount of effort and without having anyone hold on to your money in the mean time. I'm sure it would be done, but not by many people.

You could pirate the game, maybe get a virus, and probably get something that doesn't work quite as well as the real thing. Or you could "buy" it, get your enjoyment out of a properly functioning copy, and then get a refund. Abusing too lenient refund policies makes all the sense in the world.

But in any case, GoG seems to have their head on straight here, since you only get a refund if you haven't downloaded it.

Moog wrote on Mar 24, 2015, 15:06:With the restrictions they've built in that all you can do is auction it (for a Blizzard defined amount of gold) or use it, WTF are they costing more than a 30 day sub, which is $14.99?!!?!

It costs a bit more, but for token sellers it's the only way to legally buy gold, and for token buyers it's the only way to get a month of game time without paying actual cash.

eRe4s3r wrote on Mar 23, 2015, 21:19:truncated card number coupled with DOB, name, address and phone number can be used by a hacker to social engineer their way into your amazon or paypal account, so be very careful to dismiss this as a tiny security problem

And btw, holy shit. This press release talks about this as if it's a tiny inconsequential problem. What they leaked here can be used to nearly entirely pwn you.

Agreed in full. This is a massive security breach, even without the credit cards.

Cutter wrote on Mar 15, 2015, 15:35:These guys are totes dreaming they can pull off another SC.

Agreed. The vast majority of SC's post-kickstarter funding has come from MP ships. People will pay more for MP, so what they're doing makes a ton of sense for funding. But it's not necessarily what's best for the game, and it's a very slippery slope.

Orogogus wrote on Mar 15, 2015, 14:33:I feel like people on this board are kind of jerks about MP. There are a lot of games that are MP only now, but just because you don't care about MP doesn't mean no one else does, or that it's the majority view. I played a lot of MP Descent in my dorm (mostly co-op), it was our go-to game more than DOOM or Warcraft.

Descent was legitimate MP, so I don't think anyone is trashing it too badly. However most of us are lucky to be able to fly straight in a 6DOF game, so we're not exactly chomping at the bit for MP.

Slashman wrote on Mar 10, 2015, 20:24:Word is the max size area you can build is 36 km. This is versus the hefty 2km limit of EA's Sim City. Don't you just love EA and Maxis?

36km x 36km, or 36km2? Because Sim City 2013 was 2km x 2km, or 4km2.

The game map is 10km by 10km. It's made of 2km by 2km tiles that you purchase to expand from your starting tile. By default you are limited to 9 2x2 tiles of your choosing for 36km^2 of irregularly shaped playable area but there are already mods which open up all 25 tiles in one game for the full 100km^2 map.

Wallshadows wrote on Mar 10, 2015, 19:40:I thought Interplay went kaput like three or four times and finally died some time ago? Are they just a shell company now and being dicks about their IPs?

Correct. Interplay now only exists to sit on classic IPs and to try to license them out for exorbitant amounts of money.

Krovven wrote on Mar 10, 2015, 19:23:

ViRGE wrote on Mar 10, 2015, 19:01:Considering Interplay still owns the IP, this project leaves me uneasy. No one can screw things up like Interplay can, and I hardly want to see them rewarded for being the punks that they are.

Well he says in the video "We've got the name". To me this implies they licensed the use of it.

And 5 seconds of looking at the comments on the Kickstarter confirms this.

Creator Descendent Studios about 2 hours ago1. We have the license 2. VR annoucement is coming 3. SIngle player is on roadmap - but planned for after MP, unless we hit it as a stretch goal 4. Scrip and Pals can be earned in matchWM

Just to be clear, I know that much. Which is why I'm uneasy about the project: because Interplay is involved and would profit from it.

Interplay being your publisher was bad news 15 years ago. It's not any better news in 2015.